Dillon Brooks Rumors
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Position: G-F
Born: 01/22/96
Height: 6-7 / 2.01
Weight:225 lbs. / 102.1 kg.
Salary: $22,255,493
Scouting report
Born: 01/22/96
Height: 6-7 / 2.01
Weight:225 lbs. / 102.1 kg.
Salary: $22,255,493
Scouting report
Eurohoops: Wemby and Dillon Brooks got into it😬
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Jeremy Sochan on Dillon Brooks: He's a little crazy, but I respect that
Tom Orsborn: Jeremy Sochan on Dillon Brooks: “He’s all right, a little crazy. But I respect that. He goes hard on defense. He’s kind of one of those players who doesn’t care what other people think, so I respect that too. So, yeah, he’s a pretty good player.”
Jonathan Feigen: Rockets center Steven Adams won’t be a game-time decision this time. He is ruled out with a strained left calf and with the recovery from the knee injury. Dillon Brooks (right knee pain) and Cam Whitmore (left knee pain) are probable to play against the Grizzlies.
Basketball has taken Dillon Brooks a long way from his Mississauga home — from college in Oregon to his professional debut in Memphis, to this year’s Paris Olympics and the start of a new NBA season in Houston. But he hasn’t forgotten the Toronto program that gave him his start. This season, Brooks has become the major sponsor of the Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School (FHC) senior boys’ basketball program — the same program he helped lead to three undefeated seasons from 2010 to 2013, according to a Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) news release.
“The main reason (for both starting lineup changes) was the lineup from Canada,” he explained. “They always start the game with (6-foot-6 guard) Dillon Brooks at position four, and they play small ball. …I wanted Wemby to start at position five (rather than Gobert), so that’s why I put back Yabusele at position four, and the second change was Cordinier for Evan Fournier, because I wanted to start with a defensive starting five.”
Michael Grange: Crazy stat via Josh Su, who is helping on the comms side for @canball in France: Canada’s starters — SGA, Brooks, RJ, Powell and Dort — have outscored opponents by 39 points in 25 minutes through three games. They’ve held opponents to 21.4% (9/42 FG) shooting from the field.
Donatas Urbonas: Dillon Brooks on if his game with Canada changed NBA perceptions of him: “I don’t know, I don’t really care. I play my game. Whoever is on social media will care about that. I have a presence throughout the world, so I’m going to keep getting better, playing my game & adding more to it.”
International basketball fans often talk about FIBA’s versions of players like Patty Mills, Ricky Rubio, Carmelo Anthony, or Nicolas Batum. It’s becoming clear that FIBA’s Dillon Brooks is also in a league of his own. “It’s all of those things [different rulebook, coaching staff, teammates]. I like to play for my country; it gives me a lot of passion to do so,” Brooks revealed to BasketNews. “For the game itself, you have to be 40 minutes attentive to detail. All those things add a lot more to a player, and I like the ball as well.”